...-sensing dye JC-1. We found that ∼90% of mitochondria with high potential were transported towards the growth cone and ∼80% of mitochondria with low potential were transported towards the cell body. These experiments show for the first time that a uniform mitochondrial distribution is generated by local...

..., HEp-2, MDCK and Vero cells) in normal growth conditions, hypoxia and apoptosis. The distribution of high-polarized mitochondria, detected by the potential-sensitive probe JC-1, was found to depend on: (1) the proximity to the cell edge; (2) the local absence of cell-cell contacts; and (3) the local...